Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated its #StopRansomware guide to account for the fact that ransomware actors have accelerated their tactics and techniques since the original guide was released in September of 2020. Cobalt Strike is a commercial penetration testing software suite.

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Ransomware Backups Social Engineering Accountability 89

Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2021

To best understand the scale of the problem, let’s look into some recently notified, large organisation security breaches, reported over a four-week period between 20 th November and 17 th December 2020. 20 th Nov 2020 – Manchester United Football Club ( www.manutd.com ). 30 th November 2020 – Embrear ( www.embrear.com ).

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Cyber Attacks Government Software Surveillance 127

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Overall, organizations are spending more on budget and staff, upgrading incident response planning, spending more on security products and procedures and are being more aggressive in their protections, from penetration testing , breach and attack simulations and attack surface management, according to the report. Threats Evolve Too.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

553% increase in DNS Flood attacks from 1H 2020 to 2H 2023. Attackers will target network peripheral devices: network attached storage (NAS), backup storage, telephones, network equipment, and end-of-life assets. NetScout: Observed 13,142,840 DDoS attacks, including: 104,216 video gaming enterprise attacks. 54% on-prem infrastructure.

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Cybersecurity DDOS Penetration Testing Ransomware 121

eSecurity Planet

JULY 19, 2023

The open source security tool, Nmap, originally focused on port scanning, but a robust community continues to add features and capabilities to make Nmap a formidable penetration testing tool. This article will delve into the power of Nmap, how attackers use Nmap, and alternative penetration testing (pentesting) tools.

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Penetration Testing Firewall Software Malware 52

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Armis was acquired at a $1 billion price tag by Insight Partners in January 2020, joining Insight’s other cybersecurity subsidiaries like SentinelOne, Perimeter81, Mimecast, and Tenable. For implementer services, the vendor offers managed IoT monitoring and managed security testing for validating embedded systems. Armis Features.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In July 2020, we saw key high-profile Twitter accounts compromised. For instance, in August 2020, a former Uber company executive was criminally prosecuted for not disclosing a data breach back in 2016. There are third party companies who will perform penetration testing to determine how easy a “hacker” can get into your company.

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Cybersecurity Government Risk Penetration Testing 61

Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

McKinsey & Company raised the alarm in 2020. Could it get any worse? Sadly, yes. The digital world has a skills shortage. It’s dire, and there’s intense competition for top talent. Then, they reported 87% of organisations worldwide were already facing a skill gap or would face a severe talent shortage by 2025.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

How to Protect Against Malware Attacks Organizations can protect themselves against malware attacks by implementing antivirus software, making regular offline backups of important data, keeping software up-to-date, enforcing multifactor authentication, and educating employees about the risks. How do hackers find software vulnerabilities?

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

conduct employee phishing tests. conduct penetration testing. implement offline storage and tape-based backup. In 2020 groups were demanding as much as $30 million to unlock a victim’s files and systems. FBI Internet Crime Report 2020: Cybercrime Skyrocketed, with Email Compromise Accounting for 43% of Losses.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2023

WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/84.0.4147.125 Safari/537.36 ” which has been observed by Sucuri repeatedly in compromised machine logs starting in late 2020 and well into the current period. Balada also leverages a dated but recurring User-Agent “ Mozilla/5.0 Windows NT 10.0; Remove all unnecessary or unused software.

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Malware DNS Software Penetration Testing 98

Herjavec Group

MARCH 20, 2021

” 2020 threw every small business owner across the nation for a loop. You may not have Incident Commander level expertise on call, but you can start by having a good understanding of your network, identifying your crown jewels so to speak (ie your critical assets) and doing regular backups.

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Small Business Cybersecurity Digital transformation Penetration Testing 52

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In a year where ransomware has raised the alert levels everywhere, the go-to answer from many is redundancy through offline, remote backups – but are they enough? Backups are a critical component of any enterprise cybersecurity posture, but they are not an airtight strategy. Why Are Backups Critical? The Argument for Backups.

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